April 2nd & 3rd - Rock of Cashel, Kilkenny, Meeting of the Waters

Another great breakfast started off that Sunday - french toast this time for Mom & I, Dad had the full irish breakfast. We drove thru Tipperary (it was a long way....sorry, had to do that), stopped at the Rock of Cashel, and the priory in the Kells (where the famous "Book of Kells" is from), then chose Kilkenny as our next overnight stop. We found 2 rooms at the Carraig Rua B & B (Dublin Road, run by Una, no direct website) and were given rooms 1 (Mom & Dad), and 3 (me). We walked into the city and had dinner at Breathnach's Steak and Ale House. Alot of the shops were already closed, so we then headed back to the B & B where we did some planning for the next few days.
Monday took us back into Kilkenny after another full Irish breakfast. I left Mom and Dad near Kilkenny Castle, while I went to drop off my digital camera's memory card to transfer the pictures to CD (4.99 Euro per CD). I met back up with them, then we went to explore the Kilkenny Design Center. Mom decided to hang out at the Center while Dad & I went on the guided tour of the Castle ($9.00 EUR for both of us). Beautiful castle and grounds. After the tour, we met back up with Mom and walked back to the B & B to pick up our car (we had been allowed to leave it there for the day even though we had checked out that morning). Off we headed in the general direction of Glendalough. We stopped in Arklow for a pit stop, then at a rocky beach in Wicklow (near the Wicklow Golf course). We couldn't decide where to stay, so we kept on going. We decided to stay at the Meeting of the Waters (County Wicklow) where the Avonmore and Avonberg Rivers meet to form the Avoca River. This spot was also immortalised by Thomas Moore's song "The Meeting of the Waters". We were given rooms 3 & 4 (overlooking the street, and the parking lot where I kept a good eye on the car, just in case), dropped our bags, and headed downstairs to the pub for dinner. This was the worst night's sleep I had, only due to the fact that I was worried about the car. I kept waking up and looking out the window to make sure everything was ok.